Baling-press.



Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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A. T. DUDLEY.

BALING PRESS. Y

APPLICATION FILED APII. 10.71913.

A. T. DUDLEY.

BALING PRESS;

APPLICATION FILED APR. I0, 1913. 1 ,205,981. Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

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hm J 96ML? UNITED v,STATES PATENT-OFFICE.-

ANDREW T. DUDLEY, or HOUSTON, TEXAsQAssIGNoH oF ONE-TENTH Tow. L.MITCHELL, J. H. MITCHELL, AND H. E. WERNER, ALL or HOUSTON, TEXAS.

BALING-PRESS.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that LANDREW T. DUDLEY,a citizen of the `United States,residing at i Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements i1 1 Ealing-Presses, ofwhich the following isaspecification.'v

vThis invention relates to'new and useful improvements in balingpresses, and has more particular `relation to presses designed for balinhay and other like material.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacterdescribed which is i provided with a manually operatedv tying mechanismprovided to carry tying cords or wires around the bale and'securethemtherearound before the bale is discharged from thepress.4

With the above and other objects in view, the invention has particularrelation tocertain novel features of construction, operation andarrangement of parts, an example of which is given in thisspecificationandillustrated inthe accompanying drawings, whereof.- Figs.'3 and Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation-of the press.v Fig.` 2 isa sectional plan view there- 4, respectively, show side and edge viewsof the knotter locking device, and Fig. 5 shows a plan view partially7in section of certain parts ofone of theknotters employed.' 1

' Referring now 'more particularlyto the drawingsf, wherein likenumerals of reference designate similar parts in each of the figures,the numeral 14 refers to the baling or compress chamber which isprovided with Y a feed hopper`2. The plunger'3'is provided toreciprocate back and forthin said chamber. A plunger'rod '4l is rigidlyattached to said plunger and is operativel connected with the usualdriving means, not shown) said driving means being of any wellknown andapproved type 's uch as is now in com mon use.` Upon'th'e back strokethe plunger 3 is withdrawnuntil it clears the inlet leading from thehopper 2 4and upon its forward stroke drives the'charg'e yof `hay fed inthrough said hopper forwardly-and compressesthe same until a sufficientnumber of charges are compressed to form abale in the compress chamber1.

Rotatablymou'nted in the bearings' and Specification of Letters Patent.l Pateted Nov. 2 8, Application mea Apri11o,19 13. seria1No.76o,151. l fi' 6 carried by one side of the compress chamber is the vertical knottershaft 7 to the up-` per end of which is rigidly secured the crank 8 bymeans ofwhichv the knotter shaft may be manually operated. The knottershaft 7 carries and operates Vtwo knotters 9 and 10 substantially of thewell known construction of the knotters now in common use in connectionwith grain binding-machines. On the opposite sideof the compress chamber1 from the knotter 'shaft Tis the verticalneedle shaft 11 which i s`rotatably mounted in the bearings 12,v and l13. `Projecting from thisshaft 11 and rigidtherewith are the nee' dle arms 14 and 15 whose freeends carry the needles ,16v and 17,'a'lined with the slots 18 and 19through the sides of thecompress chamber. 'These needles are of suicientlength'to project Vthrough the respective slots 18 and 19 and extendentirely across the compress chamber and cooperate with the knotters 9and v10. 1

Rotatably mounted upon the same side of the compress chamber with theneedle shaft i tably'mounted upon the sides of the chamber Y 1, onebeing arranged upon each side a short distance in front of the plunger 3when in its forward position. shafts 21 and 25 have two dogs 26 and 27rigidly secured ythereto and projecting through thev slots 28 and 29alined therewith in the sides of the compress chamber.v

Each one of these vProjecting rearwardly from the .shafts-24 and 25 -arethe respective rigidly-"mounted arms 30 and 31whosey free ends: areVconnected by a pull spring 32. When a charge of hay is fed AthroughAthe hopper 2 'and the plunger Sis driven forward, the hay is rivenagainst the rear edges of thedogs 26 v and 27'and said rear edgesarebeveled or arcuate in plan view and as the hay is driven thereagamst thedogs are forced to spread',

the tension of -the spring. 32 being overcome, until the material beingcompresed' is driven past the dogs. The front edges'ef said dogsareabrupt -an'dvwhen no longer under the stress. efltheamaterialbeingcompressed, the tension of the spring: 32, operating through thearms 30 and 3l and the shaft-24 andQ forces said de sfinvvardly throughthe -lslotsQS a`n`d29 an Vcorresponding slots 33 and 34 in the plunger?)and as the plunger 3 is then Withdrawn en its back Stroke, said dogsoperate to holdthe material in its compressed form until the neXtforward stroke of the plunger.

Rigidly mounted upon the lower end of the knetter shaft7 is an arm35 andrigidly mounted'upon the lower end of the needle shaft ll is the arm 36andthe free lends nof these arms are connected by a link 'vvlieserespective ends are pivoted to the respective Y free. ends-et said arms.

Thefdrivingfdisk of the knetter? yhasa 1 shoulder-38 projecting from theA,periphery thereof andra hook y39 is provided, one end efwvhich ispiveted tetheside of the eem-l presschamber land the other end of vvhichnormally engages against'the shoulder 38.

This hook is heldin'engagement WithV said shoulder by the, tension ofthe pull sprinor 40, one end of which is attachedv to the hee r and theother end of which is attached to the side ofthe compress chamber.Alatch 41 is pivoted to one side of the hook 39, having one side abruptand the other sloping and normally held in engagement behind theshoulder 38 by a iiat spring 42 which presses against said latch. Ahand-grip 43 projects upwardly fremvthe hook 39.

When, the bale is completed, the operator, by a-pull upon the grip 43disengages the hook 439 from the shoulder 38 a'ndthen rotates theknetter shaft through the crank 8.

. This eperatesfthrough the arms and 36 and the link 37m-imparta partialrotation to the needle shaft 11 and carrythe needle arms M and l5 aroundtoward .thel compress chamber and the needles 16 and 17 are thus v'caused to project Aacross the compress cham-V ber and carry the tyingWires Q2 and :23 around therear endV thereof andfsa'id'v'vires arecarried into engagement .With the respective knotters')` endl()l byWhichlthey; are tiedaroundthe bale. One complete rotation of the shaft'7 is sufficient te proj-ect the needles across the chamber 1V andfftiefthe Wires' and'restore saidneedles to their originallpositio'n. In themeantime the shoulder 38 will have engage'dthe sloping side of thelatchll .andiorcedl the sameback until the shoulder Will have-passed thesame and the ila-tI spring 42 will have driven said Vlatch down behindsaid shoulder and the shoulder latch iand.' hoekllocking the knottersz'against movement in either direction. Y

ifeomesl iro the YPurpose or severingthe wiresf after theV samehave beentied 4around the bale,"a stationary cutter 44; is secured to each pknetter and a' movable cutterY 45 isjprovided which .opposes saidstationary cutter, The cutter 45 is carried on the free end of the"aii'rril, pivoted at an intermediate point to the knetter frame and theother end of this varm'fle has-fa roller bearing 48V which travels in aneccentric groove 49 in the knetter disk. This groeve is' vs'efsh'apedthat when the knotter is tied the bearingk 48 will be forced ,in-1Wardly toward the center of the 4disk ,which will vimpart an .oppositemovement to Athe @utter 45 and the waeren mais will este;

era'te inthe mannenefthe ordinary v'shearsy and sever the vvir'e; Thecompleted bale may then be diseliarged from the compress chainbel in theOrdinarymane. ltvwillslllybe roi-ceu out gradually VVby the 'frntion offa neiv balev described. Y

1. Av dev-acorta@ character itsenter'inh` cluding a compressichamber, a

Y bale,means for manually-rotating thel knotthe ter "shaft, a;4mechanismengaging with ia. un nanaer'hereabfeie c lmotterfshaftl andprovided te.V lock the same against rotation, an arm fixed tothe lovverend of the knottershaft, -an varm-fixed to the lower end of theneedleshaft, la link ennecti ing the free ends of said arms,:saidl'inkAeperating lte retatelthe needle, shaft simultaneously, with the knetterShaft 'and-swinging the needles backend-forth through the com presschamber ldurin'gthe operation of said knetter shaft and ysaidknotters.;v

2.-, A device oflthe; character describedilncluding a compress chamber,a reciprocating plunger therein, aineans provided toengage with thecompressed material and prevent the',expansiemthereef, a rotatableneedle shaft on oneV side efsaid; chamber, needles carried thereby andprovided to carry scour# ing vvires Vareundl-,the bale, Wire storingmeans on one side ef-sa1dchamber,aknotter shaft onthe'oppositesidethereof, -hiotters Voperated `thereby -and,:arranged to ceo-act Withthe needles and fsecure said -`Wires! around Ythe, bale, means ,Y for`retatingfthe knetter shaft, a locking mechanism provided to engage withsaid shaft and lock it against In testimony whereof I have signed myrotation, an operative connection between name to this specication inthe presence of the knetter and needle shafts whereby the twosubscribing Witnesses.

latter is rotated from and simultaneousl ANDREW T. DUDLEY. with theformer to swing the needles bac Witnesses:

and forth through said chamber during the J. W. YEAGLEY,

operation of the knotter shaft and knotters. A. F. IRWIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G."

